Valley City (CSi)  The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office continues with its investigation,  into a body found, on August 5, 2021.

On August 3, the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing person. On August 5, the Barnes County Sheriff’s office located a body whom they believed to be the missing person on a rural farmstead in a tree-grove in the 4400 block 44th Street Southeast in Fingal, ND.

The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating this incident and it’s still an open investigation pending the state medical examiners final report.

The Barnes County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the citizens, the North Dakota Highway Patrol, the local Pilots who assisted in the search.